ilikesharpthings

ilikesharpthings

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About ilikesharpthings

ilikesharpthings has 6 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg ICU.


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  1. Meaning of your username?

    I played the tuba. Also, I was a 98 lb girl in high school. Awesome, nerdy combo.
  2. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    I just made this same list (in a slightly different order)! Do we work together...? [emoji6]
  3. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    Levophed, propofol, fentanyl, protonix, and lovenox. MSICU if you couldn't tell!
  4. What nursing task do you loathe???

    Ugh, i hate ears too!!
  5. Meaning of your username?

    I like sharp things...
  6. CPR on the floors

    You have intubated people on the floor?!
  7. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    For some reason, I cannot handle ear wax. Ugh. So gross.
  8. Is She Artistic or Autistic?

    What a lovely, beautifully-written tribute to your daughter, who sounds remarkable! She is fortunate to have parents who see her for who she is and recognize the many gifts she has to offer.
  9. Reflections after my first code

    For some reason this person wasn't cooled per the therapeutic hypothermia protocol - as I understand it is was because he was a PEA arrest and very hemodynamically unstable - but I don't know for sure. I wonder if his outcome would have been differen...
  10. Reflections after my first code

    I'm sure his death was very multifactorial. He had no CHF hx, and the echo tech was on their way when he coded, so the echo wasn't ever done to confirm that his heart was damaged. The rapid bedside echo in the ED was read as normal, but he had coded ...
  11. Reflections after my first code

    Patient was scheduled for an elective, outpatient surgery. Woke up early to shower, and fell to the ground, breathless and weak. Wife called 911. Pt coded in ambulance. Coded again in ED. A third time in CT. Found a massive PE. tPA was given and pt w...
  12. When Should You Call Off Sick?

    I have called in sick 3 times since becoming a nurse 5 years ago: when I went into labor, when I had pneumonia, and once when my childcare provider was sick. But I really never get very sick.
  13. CRRT-effluent bag nightmare

    In my ICU, I rig up a IV pole near the in-cabinet toilet in the room. I tape a suction tubing up by the top hook and drape it into the toilet. Then I hang the effluent bag and hook the tubing to the drainage port, open it, and let it drain into the t...
  14. IV PGB by gravity Q.

    Raise the ivpb higher or lower the maintenance. Also, sometimes maintenance fluid will back up into the piggyback tubing.
  15. Wait after the interview...

    They could be in the process of obtaining your background check or references before they make an offer. That process can be lengthy.